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Mobile Barcode Tool

This is a 2D-barcode containing the address of our mobile site.If your mobile has a barcode reader, simply snap this bar code with the camera and launch the site.

Rhomobile – multi-mobile device development platform

Rhomobile bills itself as: Smartphone apps made easy.
AND:

Native applications with full device capabilities.e
Write once: instantly build for every device.
Native applications with full device capabilities: GPS, PIM, camera & more.
Single codebase. Build for iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Android.

Note – at the time of my testing (early December, 2009) I did not see support for all [...]

Music, Iterative Patterns and Problem Solving (part 3)

Picking up where the last post stopped…

NO, no, no – a real problem, i.e. a techy problem…

Oh, ok. Some questions:

  1. How many variables are there?
  2. Which variables are outside of your control? (eliminate them.)
  3. Iterate through scenarios on the remaining variables (i.e. musical theme and variations.)
  4. How many paths are left to explore?

Bloom’s Taxonomy (sorry, ex-school teacher on this side…) breaks learning down in several types and then provides additional breakdowns of these types

Music, Iterative Patterns and Problem Solving (part 2)

Followup to part 1

Two questions:

1. So what are music students actually learning?
2. and why the emphasis on classically trained?

Answer: They are learning Intuitive (natural & automatic) Problem Solving Patterns and processes…

Additional points about Music study: Work & Experience

  • many college student musicians are also employed part-time as musical performers
  • many college student musicians have actually studied their private instrument since they were children

How is this different from what and how other

Music, Iterative Patterns and Problem Solving (part 1)

If you have passion about what you are learning or doing then there is a high probability that you will invest significantly more time in developing your skill sets and knowledge base surrounding your passion…